NRA CET Syllabus 2023

The NRA CET or the Common Eligibility Test is a national level examination announced in 2021 to recruit staff to non-gazette posts in the central government sector, public sector banks, and Indian Railways. Candidates will have the option to explore three types of CET exams; 10th class, 12th class, and CET at the graduate level. There is no restriction on the number of attempts. The NRA CET will be held for the first time in 2022. The candidates’ scores will be shared amongst various levels of the government, public sector undertakings and private sector for recruiting purposes.

This article will thoroughly discuss the tentative syllabus and exam pattern for the National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test or NRA CET. Candidates must note that the authorities are yet to declare the official details like the syllabus and pattern regarding the exam. Given below is the complete NRA CET exam syllabus.

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Subject List from the NRA CET Syllabus

Aspirants must note that this is the tentative syllabus for the written exam. Examining authority is yet to declare the official list of topics. The syllabus will remain constant throughout the three levels with a change in difficulty levels. The mostly likely subjects for NRA CET 2022 are:

1. Reasoning Ability
2. General Awareness and General Knowledge
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. Language ( English, Hindi)

NRA CET Exam Pattern

The NRA CET exam pattern will remain constant for the three types, and the examinations will be conducted in 12 languages. The question paper will be set as a multiple-choice questionnaire with objective questions. Each of the four sections will have 50 questions of 1 mark, each with a total of 200 marks for the entire paper with a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. The exam duration will be 2 hours, and it will be conducted online.

Initially, the NRA CET will be conducted for the exams under the following categories/posts:

• IBPS Exams
• SSC Exams

NRA CET Exam Syllabus in Detail

Given below is the NRA CET Syllabus 2022. Candidates must get acquainted with all the topics to be able to answer the questions correctly.

Reasoning Ability

1. Seating arrangements
2. Puzzles
3. Inequalities
4. Syllogism
5. Input and output
6. Data sufficiency
7. Blood relations
8. Order and ranking
9. Alphanumeric series
10. Distance and direction
11. Verbal reasoning
12. Classification
13. Analogy
14. Coding and decoding
15. Clock and calendar
16. Non-verbal reasoning

General Awareness and General Knowledge

1. Current affairs
2. Banking awareness
3. General knowledge
4. World currency
5. Important locations
6. Books and authors
7. Awards
8. Headquarters
9. Prime minister schemes
10. Significant days
11. Computer knowledge
12. General science

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number series
2. Data interpretation
3. Simplification and approximation
4. Quadratic equation
5. Data sufficiency
6. Mensuration
7. Average
8. Profit and loss
9. Ration and proportion
10. Work, time and energy
11. Time and distance
12. Probability
13. Relations
14. Simple and compound interest
15. Permutation and combination
16. Algebra
17. Trigonometry
18. Geometry

English language

1. Cloze test
2. Reading comprehension
3. Spotting errors
4. Sentence improvement
5. Sentence correction
6. Jumbled paragraphs
7. Fill in the blanks
8. Para completion
9. Sentence completion
10. Spellings
11. One word substitution
12. Phrases and idioms
13. Active and passive voice
14. Narrations

Based on the current syllabus and exam pattern for SSC, RRB and IBPS, given below are links to the section-wise syllabus for the various posts. Aspirants can refer to these until the final draft of CET exam pattern and syllabus is released by NRA:

Interview Details

After clearing the first round of the NRA CET written exams, all selected candidates will be called for a skill test/interview. While it has not been announced officially, speculations are that there will be a group discussion and a personal interview round. After clearing the interview, the candidates will get the joining letter.

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